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Yesterday, it was on the banks of Aude that the “Bouger en rose” demonstration was held in the Païchérou sector.
As part of Pink October, this annual global communication campaign intended to raise women’s awareness of breast cancer screening, and to raise funds for research, the Pierre-Blanche multi-professional health center in Carcassonne has put on foot a sporting event, for the benefit of the league against cancer. It was this Saturday, October 12, in the Païchérou area, in front of the aquatic center, with several information stands. “It’s a great initiative, when we know that there are still quite a few people who are not getting tested “, underlines Marie-Aude Montussac, deputy mayor responsible for health. “It’s good that this type of event exists, there are a lot of things being done this year”she continues.
At the heart of this event, led in particular by Sylvie Labadie and Catherine Llanes, respectively liberal nurse and coordinator at the Pierre Blanche multi-professional health center, everyone was satisfied with this first experience for the benefit of the league against cancer. Nearly twenty-five partners and around thirty volunteers worked to ensure that everything went well.
Around 2 p.m. this Saturday, October 12, more than 1,200 euros had already been collected. And two hundred people who had registered for the various activities offered. “From the idea of doing a short walk with the city’s triathlon club (150 people participated this Saturday, Editor’s note)we came to do this!”rejoiced an organizer.
